pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareeth-account-wallet
GHSA-6xfc-3f4p-8gw6
Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.11.2` ## Source: kam193 (4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f) During installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-08-bip39-py Reasons (based on the campaign): - crypto-related - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - exfiltration-crypto - exfiltration-browser-data - exfiltration-env-variables - exfiltration-ssh-keys - exfiltration-credentials - uses-telegram-bot --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a972618e39d8ff09404418e59be8c4051ea872d/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/eth-account-wallet - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a972618e39d8ff09404418e59be8c4051ea872d/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/8f52b84c97de7e28dedbd5766a5ad7b5a11fa9cd/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json - https://pypi.org/project/eth-account-wallet/0.11.2 - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xfc-3f4p-8gw6
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.11.2
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.